Audio CD review:
David Berger & The Sultans of Swing, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn - The Harlem Nutcracker

David Berger & The Sultans of Swing, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn - The Harlem Nutcracker

Band: David Berger & The Sultans of Swing, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn Title: The Harlem Nutcracker Rating: Release Date: 26 November, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Overture 2: Attack of the Ghouls 3: Midnight Stroll 4: Snowflake Joys 5: Saturday Night Dance Party 6: Xmas Be De Place/Sing Out 7: You Take My Breath Away 8: Punch Bowl Espaol 9: Marquis Shuffle 10: Danse of the Floreadores 11: Peanut Butter Brigade 12: Sugar Rum Cherry 13: Volga Vouty 14: Swingin' at Club Sweets

Customer Reviews The Harlem Nutcracker Sound quality was excellent also. An excellent variation of Ellington's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. Setting the record straight on Billy Berger's arrangement . (As you may know, Tchaikovsky composed two scores -- a full-length Nutcracker, which is used in the evening-length ballet, and a shorter Nutcracker Suite. As I understand it, Billy Berger was commissioned by the choreographer Donald Byrd, who wanted to create an evening-length ballet called Harlem Nutcracker. Ellington's jazz arrangement is of the shorter "Suite. ") Donald Byrd used all of the original Ellington music, and commissioned Berger to fill in around it to create an evening-length work. (For the record, I have never met Billy Berger, though I do know Donald Byrd. ) Thank you. buy the original please to any of those who think that these are new "jazzy" arrangements of the nutcracker you should be interested in picking up the original, scored and arranged by Ellington and Strayhorn on a CD entitled "Three Suites". david berger's entire career is almost completely based on transcribing other musician's genuis - most notably Duke Ellington. dont get me wrong - his band is good and he has some very accomplished musicians - but c'mon now - you really need to go with the Duke on this one. . You can see a complete list of all David Berger & The Sultans of Swing, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn discography, or go back to the David Berger & The Sultans of Swing, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn tabs